Bud Day served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, receiving the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam. Day was an Air Force fighter pilot in Vietnam when he was shot down and imprisoned with John McCain in the notorious Hanoi Hilton. NBC's Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw told Day's story November 6,

Retired Col. George "Bud" Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5½ years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain's cellmate, has died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang pledged to finish talks on a regional free-trade agreement by the end of the year, but the two leaders clashed over human rights during a White House meeting on Thursday.
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The gulf between veterans and the rest of America appears to only be growing wider. The Up panel discusses the declining number of military veterans in politics, and how that affects the establishment and the culture of the military itself.

During his quarter century with NBC News, Don Oliver covered several big stories of the day including Vietnam, the civil rights movement and groundbreaking coverage of the environment. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.